Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping

[Xiahou]

First and foremost, I'm glad this order has been stayed- it needs better oversight, not suspension.

Secondly, I expect that the 6th Circuit to overturn this on the grounds that the plaintiffs didnt have adequate standing- the judge's rationalization on that matter seemed quite strained to me. Further, virtually all national security law "experts" I have heard from think her decision was poorly reasoned in general.

"Regardless of what your position is on the merits of the issue, there's no question that it's a poorly reasoned decision," said Bobby Chesney, a national security law specialist at Wake Forest University who takes a moderate stance on the legal debate over the NSA program. "The opinion kind of reads like an outline of possible grounds to strike down the program, without analysis to fill it in."